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In 2020 the small Town of Campbell in far western Wisconsin found out PFAS has contaminated its private wells. The town isn't waiting for federal and state leaders to deal with the forever chemical. Campbell is working to secure a sustainable, safe water source for its residents.

Kilbourn Reservoir Park was once the main storage for Milwaukee's drinking water.

Phosphorus is a common fertilizer for farm fields, but the nutrient impacts freshwater systems around the state. Scientist Harvey Bootsma, whose focus is Lake Michigan, will participate in a conference being held Tuesday in Madison—a wide range of researchers and stakeholders will discuss ways to reduce phosphorus levels in watersheds.

Marissa Jablonski became the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin's first executive director in 2020. She anticipates the initiative will have a global reach within a decade.

Removal of contaminated sediment in the Milwaukee estuary this year signals a step forward in its clean up.

The City of Waukesha could start breaking ground on a short, but critical stretch of water pipeline in just a matter of weeks, thanks to a Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors decision Thursday afternoon.

Waukesha is under court order to begin diverting Lake Michigan water as the city's drinking water source by next September. Waukesha says in order to make that happen, it needs to lay a small bit of the pipeline on Milwaukee County parkland.

The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board unanimously OK'd the DNR’s request to draft standards to limit four PFAS chemicals in groundwater. This marks the agency's second attempt to bring the protective standards to life.

Throughout 2022 WUWM has covered some of Wisconsin's top environmental topics and promising solutions. We explore just a few of those stories.

A consumer guide for dealing with harmful PFAS being detected nationwide, including Wisconsin.